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In Chicago, the movement's center, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 workers had gone on strike [11] and there were perhaps twice as many people out on the streets participating in various demonstrations and marches, [15] [16] as, for example, a march by 10,000 men employed in the Chicago lumber yards. [12]
Pullman Strike - Began on May 11, 1894, after workers for the Pullman Company began strike after a reduction in wages. The strike spread nationwide and shut down most railroad traffic west of Detroit. The strike lasted several months and 30 strikers were killed in various riots and clashes with government forces. 30 57
May Day, or International Workers' Day was a day for remembering the workers who died during the Haymarket affair of 1886. [3] During a General Strike in Chicago, Illinois, an unknown person threw a bomb into the crowd, prompting police to fire into the crowd, killing civilians and police alike.
1977 Chicago gravediggers' strike, 55-day strike by cemetery workers in Chicago, United States. [20] 1977 Chilean hunger strike, strike by relatives of detainees disappeared by the Military dictatorship of Chile held in the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. [21] [22]
A 1911 headline in Votes for Women about William Ball being force-fed in prison to end his hunger strike Clipping from World Magazine, September 6, 1914. In the early 20th century suffragettes frequently endured hunger strikes in British prisons. Marion Dunlop was the first in 1909. She was released, as the authorities did not want her to ...
Although Chicago authorities and the media had anticipated 100,000 anti-war protesters to converge on Chicago during the week of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, [2] an estimated 9,000 to 10,000 protesters arrived in the city on August 22–23 to participate in the demonstrations.
A luxury cruise from South Africa to Argentina canceled its leg to Antarctica after an engine issue. Some passengers on the ship, the SH Diana, wanted more compensation to reflect their inconvenience.
1923 Irish hunger strikes – thousands of Irish Republican prisoners demand release. Includes info on 1920 Mountjoy and Cork hunger strikes. Six deaths. 1980 Irish hunger strike – Protest by Irish republican prisoners from Northern Ireland against the rescindment of Special Category Status during The Troubles. Brendan Hughes; Tommy McKearney